Windows 7 Sleep mode

[Freakinoldguy]

Hi folks,

    I own a MA78GM-US2H mobo and I just upgraded the cpu from a AMD 7850 Black Edition to a Phenom 9850 Black edition. Everything went well except at first windows 7 would only read 2 cores, so I installed a program called EasyBCD and changed the settings to quad core, then deleted BCD.

   The problem is since then I can get the computer to sleep but when I go to restart, the monitor won't start at all. I've tried every setting known to man with the Bios and the power profile and I still have the problem.

   So I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem and if it's windows or the MOBO's fault. Also has anyone every figures out how to fix it. Like I said I've tried every possible thing that's ever been posted or tested and I'm stumped.

Thanks in advance

Freakinoldguy

[Wonderwrench]

I have never used EasyBCD after changing CPU's. I once changed out a E6300 for a Q6600. After the change I just deleted the CPU's in device manager and rebooted. Since the CPU's were similar it worked great. It might be worth a try? Try it at your own risk though. Other thoughts. Newer video drivers are multi-threaded. Its possible the driver is freaking out. Try a reinstall of the drivers?

Bill

[Freakinoldguy]

Thanks for the advice,
 but I've put in new drivers for everything and still nada nothing. It's like the monitor is turned off but the funny thing is that when I changed the memory from S3 to S1 the computer won't shut down but the monitor sleep cycle works fine. Go figure?

I guess I'll do a complete format and reinstall later and see if I can get it going that way.

 If you type in windows sleep mode problems you'll see it's actually one of the myriad of windows 7 problems that appear to  have no solutions, just a million suggestions. Maybe Service Pack 2 or 3 or 4 will fix it.   


F.O.G.

[blackie]

I don't know if this will help or not - but:

I too have changed from a processor with a few cores to one with more cores (quad to a hex CPU). The thing to watch out for is if you have previously set the computer to boot with say 4 cores into a 6 cope system. See the attachment where in Win 7 you can tell Win 7 how many cores to use. I originally had it set to boot with 4 cores and by golly thats exactly what it did (even though I now had 6 cores). It is best to leave this option unchecked and let Win 7 use what it finds after booting (it does not speed the bootup much at all and it is easy to forget what you have done).

While I do not have the same system as you - mine does handle S3 sleep properly out of the box (unlike my last MSI system which was S1 out of the box and I had to tweek things to get it to work).

[Freakinoldguy]

Thanks but I've already been there. LOL

Like I said it's frustrating and I think the only thing that'll get it back to normal is a format and reinstall of windows 7, which I was hoping I wouldn't have to do.